A Patient's Peripheral Parenteral Nutrition (PN)bag Is Nearly Empty,and a New

A patient's peripheral parenteral nutrition (PN) bag is nearly empty,and a new PN bag has not arrived yet from the pharmacy. Which intervention by the nurse is appropriate?

A) Monitor the patient's capillary blood glucose every 6 hours.
B) Infuse 5% dextrose in water until a new PN bag is delivered.
C) Decrease the PN infusion rate to 10 mL/hr until a new bag arrives.
D) Flush the peripheral line with saline until a new PN bag is available.

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